Shows cartoon of a Samoan maiden leaning on the shoulder of a New Zealand soldier on a Samoan beach. A German lolls on a hammock in the right background, and says: 'You can have her an velcom but hurry up mit der trade'.
This refers to the New Zealand occupation of German Samoa in 1914, and to the impression that German business interests did not mind, so long as their trade links were not affected.
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Capture of German Samoa
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RELATED TO SAMOA YIELDING POSTCARD
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28 March 1983
Signing of CER agreement strengthens trans-Tasman trade ties
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19 July 1982
Privy Council rules on Samoan citizenship
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29 August 1914
NZ force captures German Samoa
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28 December 1929
'Black Saturday' - NZ police open fire in Apia
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15 June 1959
Chinese gooseberry becomes kiwifruit
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15 February 1882
First shipment of frozen meat leaves NZ
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